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| location = County Route 45/4, east of Martinsburg, near [[Martinsburg, West Virginia]] |
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| built = 1869 |
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| architecture = Greek Revival |
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Revision as of 16:02, 30 March 2021
Smoketown School | |
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| Location | County Route 45/4, east of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°27′32″N 77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001345 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1994 |
Smoketown School was a historic one-room school located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a one-story, brick building in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It was used as a school until 1940, and the property was later sold to the Greensburg United Methodist Church.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
The building was condemned in June 2012 and razed the next month.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smoketown School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ Shok, Holly (2012-12-09). "Historical Society looks to keep memory of Smoketown School House alive through sale of bricks". The Journal. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
Categories:
- Defunct schools in West Virginia
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1940
- Former school buildings in the United States
- Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- One-room schoolhouses in West Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1869
- Schools in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- 1869 establishments in West Virginia
- Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs